NASHVILLE — Ah, Game 7. All that is great and beautiful and inspiring about the game synthesized into one event.

Game 7. The place where dreams are given new life, the place where dreams are crushed into dust.

All under one roof on one night.

Thursday will be such a night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. It’s almost as if it was preordained that regular season titans Nashville and Winnipeg would come to such a moment.

“Game 7 just brings out the most intense moments in sports, it’s definitely a thrill. Not many adrenaline rushes that you can experience that can match a Game 7,” said former Predator defenseman Barret Jackman, who played in three such games in his career.

On Tuesday, Pierre LeBrun talked to Mr. Game 7 Justin Williams about what it means and how to approach such a momentous event. A day later we spoke with the original Mr. Game 7 Terry Crisp. Undefeated as a player in six Game 7s and undefeated in his one Game 7...